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Start of the annual 20 km of Brussels race, run every year since 1980, usually in May © SIBP PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT MORE THAN skin deep
RACHEL (LEFT) AND LIZ EDLICH
The owners of a new skincare range are iz Edlich Kinsella links her opportunity to reach out and inspire As a result of her family losing money on a mission to improve not just the success during life to the others, “going above and beyond” to through “bad investments and being skin of the people who use it but also amount of times that she uses make a difference. taken advantage of” – something she their lives, reports Ann Cordell Lthe word “Yes” – not to be says often happens to creative people uttered without judgment, she warns, but ACHIEVEMENT – Liz Edlich began her career as an a word most likely to “open up doors to a Raised in a scientific investment banker in an attempt wealth of people and experiences”. If her background, the sisters were to recuperate the money they energy and enthusiasm could be bottled, perfectly at home in THEY had lost and save others from all anyone would need is a daily dose to laboratories from a tender age. suffering the same fate. At the feel wonderful most of the time. Instead, Their father is the plastic WANTED age of 25 she moved from she has come up with the next best thing surgeon Professor Richard F. Virginia to Los Angeles, building – a skincare range developed with her Edlich, who founded the burn THE‘ MOST up a successful venture capital sister and business partner Rachel Edlich unit at the University of Virginia POWERFUL business. When a failing Samios that lays claim to being the most in the US, renowned for his company needed new powerful available on the market. advances in the treatment SKINCARE management, Liz asked Rachel of burn patients, and his IN THE to help her take over and that THE CREAM AND SERUM PHILOSOPHY involvement in the development was the beginning of 15 years IN RADICAL SKINCARE’S Called Radical Skincare, the sisters have of a number of major health spent working together on the RANGE ARE MARKETED WORLD AS “THE POWER DUO” taken ownership of the adjective “radical” care initiatives, including the creation of numerous skincare in their promotion and marketing of the adhesive skin closure tape Steri-Strip products – they reckon around 100. product. The two women use it at every for 3M. Liz Edlich says her father’s Then, less than three years ago, at the opportunity to describe the qualities they numerous achievements are even more age‘ of 46, Liz Edlich says she started would like everyone to embrace – among remarkable considering he suffers from experiencing a lack of drive and them, kindness, generosity, intuition – as multiple sclerosis and has spent the last enthusiasm combined with depression, key to living life to the full and finding a 20 years in a wheelchair. There is no weight gain, wrinkles, and adult acne; sense of self and purpose. As well as doubt in her mind or her sister’s, she women approaching the menopause may selling the product, they are promoting says, that their upbringing influenced their recognise the symptoms. Sister Rachel their philosophy, a way of life that creates own drive and determination. meanwhile was suffering a post- >
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pregnancy outbreak of rosacea with red bumps all over her face – the pictures are THE not available for publication, but Liz Edlich SPECTACULAR has them on her iPad and is not averse to showing them to people. Given the family RES‘ULTS GOT background and years in the skincare business, the sisters “knew some of the THEM biggest and best chemists and scientists in the world”. They told their contacts they THINKING wanted the most powerful skincare in the ABOUT world and it had to be strong enough to give Liz the anti-ageing miracle she was SHARING IT looking for as well as sensitive enough for Rachel to be able to use it. rejuvenating boost for Liz Edlich, giving her new purpose and energy. One of the TESTING ‘ first things the sisters determined was They tested the results on themselves that they would use themselves as the 1 réussite commerciale and shared the product with friends models for their product, not airbrushed 1 fils qui veut avoir son mot à dire and family, doling out dollops of the celebrity models, committing themselves serum and moisturiser in spare to “putting money in the bottle and not 1 associé qui ne veut rien entendre containers and bottles. around it”. “My sister’s rosacea went away,” says 1 banquier privé à qui parler Liz Edlich. “We had it independently MOTIVATIONAL tested and it is clinically proven to be 300 Almost evangelical in her promotion of percent more powerful than other leading both the product and her philosophy of brands on the market.” The product’s life, Liz Edlich has worked in the past with website names the brands it claims to a number of well known motivational beat in potency. success coaches – names such as The Edlichs say they created Radical Deepak Chopra, Bob Proctor, and Mark Skincare for themselves, but having Victor Hansen trip off her tongue and solved their personal problems, and have obviously been among the major Concilier vos affaires professionnelles et winning the approval of others who used influences in her life. Her aim with Radical privées, c’est la spécialité de votre Private it, the spectacular results got them is to get people feeling good as well as Banker CBC. Formé au sein d’une banque thinking about sharing it. looking good by creating their own qui cultive l’esprit d’entreprise, il vous offre The serum is bronze in colour – opportunities to reach and live their une écoute attentive et personnalisée. reminiscent of a false tanning lotion – and dreams, available to everyone she says. Ses conseils sur mesure et son expérience the moisture cream is beige as opposed To this end, she is planning to launch a vous donneront l’assurance d’une vision to the white cream that is usually found in motivational book about radical living globale sur la gestion et la transmission de skincare products. People who have next year and the sisters want to use their votre patrimoine. been using the products describe them product to create a dialogue, “a global as being light in texture, easily absorbed conversation” that inspires and and say they do not lie heavy on the skin. empowers, asking people to share their Private Banker CBC Among other things, the products are experiences. They’ve made a start by supposed to increase skin hydration by including a motivational booklet that Centres de Banque Privée : Bruxelles - Charleroi Genval - Liège - Mons - Namur – Tournai 66 percent in just two weeks, reduce comes with every purchase of the wrinkles by 50 percent after four weeks, product, a taste of what the sisters are and show a 128 percent increase in promoting “above and beyond” a collagen and elasticity. The owners claim skincare range – that is to say, more than the secret is a proprietary technology just a pretty face. Cen which suspends and preserves the potency of ingredients that they say are Radical Skincare is available in Belgium at usually diminished when put in a cream. branches of Cosmeticary in Brussels, Antwerp Radical and its launch was certainly a and the Smets Premium Store, and online cbc.be/banqueprivee
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Anxious moments Anxiety can sometimes be good for us – psychiatrist Dr Lucy Fuks, Medical Director of the Community Health Service, explains it has positive aspects as well as a negative side
ight next to the Brussels ring bunny tail disappearing into the bushes. road, rabbits are quietly Fight or flee, we are all ready for it: grazing. Every once in a while, rabbits and humans. In case of danger, Rthey look up, stop munching our body tenses up and we prepare to and watch. Suddenly, a big bird flies by. struggle or run. We don’t even have the In a second, all the rabbits are gone, and time to think: we feel it running through
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hands are sweaty. We breathe faster. place: this is why they had the What puts us in this state of alert is fear in panic attack. front of a danger: anxiety. NEGATIVE ASPECTS THE POSITIVE SIDE Anxiety can take different forms: it can be Just imagine someone who has no idea acute, as in panic attacks, or it can be of looming danger. In everyday life, it is chronic and develop into psychosomatic normal and even positive to experience illnesses, such as stomach ulcers or fear when we are at risk: if we are alone in asthma; it can trigger avoidance a dark alley at night, or if a stranger behaviours such as social phobias. behaves threateningly. Anxiety will ring People who suffer from social phobias this little alarm bell that will put our avoid encounters and public places, and senses on alert. We may notice things we it can hinder them from making friends. wouldn’t have spotted before. And we are ready to protect ourselves or run. The BANISHING ANXIETY physiological aspects of anxiety even The true definition of anxiety is fear prepare us for this flight from danger. without a reason. If we suffer from anxiety, be it acute, as in panic attacks, or chronic, as in social phobias, we should seek professional help. A THE TRUE psychologist or a psychiatrist may help us DEFINITION disentangle our feelings – something quite real is probably bothering us, deep ‘OF ANXIETY down. We may be confronted by a difficult situation, which stirs up bad IS FEAR memories from the past. WITHOUT Help will certainly come under the form Conference of psychotherapy. Psychotherapy can A REASON take different routes: it can try to lift a veil on our deepest feelings, such as in But what if there is no visible danger? psychodynamic psychotherapy, and it We have all the symptoms mentioned can also help us develop healthier modes ‘ of relating to our lives, to our body, to our before: fast pulse, cold sweat, out of breath; but there is no stranger, and no thoughts, as in cognitive behavioural dark alley. We are just sitting at our desk, therapy. The most important point is that in front of the computer, as usual. Or we need to feel good in the care of our ready to go to work, or about to take the psychotherapist. children to school - life as usual, except In some cases, a doctor – family doctor that there is this knot in the stomach, or a psychiatrist – may need to first tightness in the throat, dry mouth. prescribe some medication. It may be Sometimes, we even get the feeling that necessary, for example, to treat the our life is at risk. depression which was the real source of panic attacks. PANIC ATTACK In any case, if we suffer from anxiety This terrible sense of fatal danger without a valid reason for it, we should looming, under the form of a complete seek help – because it is available and we Experience the exceptional can get better. physical collapse, is called a panic attack. Unique members’ clubs for culture, business, sport & well-being It leads many people to the emergency room. Once the results of medical exams Community Help Service is a non-profit organisation with a professional staff of psychologists, have come back normal, they are not psychiatrists and educational specialists providing reassured; they don’t understand what information, support and mental health services has happened to them and they are still to anyone in Belgium, regardless of nationality, who needs help and prefers to speak English. www.aspria.be Be More anxious. They were anxious in the first www.chsbelgium.org
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SCIENCE: before starting any training plan, SCIENCE: endurance coaches can walk you visit a sport medicine clinic for the “all clear” through the development of a training plan as well as a VO2max test, generally that best suits your goals and training profile. considered the best indicator of an athlete’s Keep a training log of your distance, pace cardiovascular fitness and aerobic and heart rate and share this frequently with endurance. your coach. ART: listen to your body; observe your sense ART: continually evaluate your response to of wellbeing and how well you recover training volume and frequency. Ensure that between sessions. Include these elements in you get adequate rest as this is when the your training log. body gains fitness. Report these elements to your coach and record in your training log. CHOOSE GOALS Run for It is useful to choose a specific race to PEAKING AND RACING train towards. Goals should be attainable, After months of training it is difficult not to yet challenging enough so that you feel a place great importance on race day. The sense of accomplishment. Consider week before your “A” race is extremely your life recent training, your age, injury history, important as it peaks abilities, boosts Personal trainer Patti Bruns strengths and weaknesses when confidence, and allows for psychological selecting races. The number of races you rest. Start your taper week by turning with tips on the art and can do in one year depends on the mental focus from workouts to racing. science of endurance sports distance you are training for and your The most important factors are nutrition, ability to recover between races. Choose mental preparation and reducing one or two “A” races, where you will strive workload. Fitness will peak as body ndurance racing, whether it is to meet a specific time, and then a couple systems recover. Nutrition is key running, cycling or triathlon, of “B” races as fun opportunities to throughout your training, but it becomes carries with it certain risks for practice racing skills. paramount in the five days leading up to all athletes regardless of age, the race. Concentrate on getting high E be realistic about what you can gender and fitness level. The body is not SCIENCE: quality protein, grains, fruits and a machine, it is a complex network of achieve based on your current fitness level vegetables. Carbohydrate consumption systems and structures that are and other time constraints in your life – work, should increase in the last three days. influenced by every stimulus they are family, friends, and vacation. This is not a license to eat sweets; exposed to. Endurance racing refers to ART: it is okay to dream a little when picking instead reach for whole grains, fruits and any activity, or combination of activities, race distance and location. Reaching vegetables. Finally, pay close attention to that result in an effort of more than 60 mini-goals on the road to the big race is a the weather on race day. Dress minutes. This includes 10 km, half and full great way to peak motivation. appropriately and ensure that you drink marathons, road cycling, and triathlons of enough fluids before and during the race. any distance. Endurance training is an PLANNING Hot days require additional attention to equal measure of sport science and the A well-planned training schedule is fluid intake. Once the gun goes off, smile art of balancing personal goals with the most important tool to achieving and exhale. Settle into your stride and let overall wellbeing. your goal. Training plans can vary in the hard work pay off. length, but normal plans are between WHO QUALIFIES 16-20 weeks. Plans must take into SCIENCE: taper week requires attention to Anyone between the ages of 15-100 is consideration when your goal race workload, nutrition and mental preparedness. eligible. Juniors – under 20 years old is and how much training you will do Consult your coach for a detailed plan. – must focus on building a strong base of each week. Most coaches will ART: visualize your race in the most positive fitness, overall muscular stability and recommend a training plan which is terms. Bring key mantras and relaxation developing good techniques. Older split into specific periods with a defined techniques to the start line. racers need to balance normal age- purpose. This ensures that fitness related aches and pains with experience evolves and peaks at exactly the right The silver lining is that if you train smart ON OCTOBER 7, and knowledge gained from past time. Once the plan is finished, follow it – you will have a long and very rewarding 11,000 RUNNERS WILL TAKE PART IN performance. Fear not, studies are consistency is the number one principle career as an endurance athlete, ultimately THE BRUSSELS showing that “master” runners and for crossing the finishing line on race learning more about yourself. MARATHON, HALF MARATHON, triathletes – more than 40 years old – day. Ensure that you practice hydration MINI-MARATHON can steadily improve race times by and refueling during training sessions 4KM, LADIES RUN Patti Bruns is a qualified personal trainer at Aspria 4KM OR KIDS RUN, following comprehensive training plans and “B” races so that when race day Arts-Loi and Royal La Rasante in Brussels and has FINISHING IN THE that focus on maintaining high levels of arrives you know exactly when to take completed many triathlons, half marathons, and both CITY’S HISTORIC the New York City and Stockholm marathons. Email
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30 togethermag.eu togethermag.eu 31 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Duvel is different A family-run Belgian brewery is defying the recession, says financial writer Laura Cohn, by forsaking the mass market
hese are not the Duvel (pronounced best of times for “DOOV-ul”), family-run for beer brewers in four generations, has TEurope. Since defied the downturn by global economic growth catering to European began to sputter in and American 2008, beer production consumers’ changing has fallen by 6 preference for percent, specialty beers and consumption has premium brands. It taken an 8 percent is a crucial niche. hit, and beer sales While Westerners in bars and are drinking less restaurants have these days, they’re fallen by 15 becoming percent, according increasingly to a study by Ernst choosy. Instead of & Young. A growing reaching for sense of economic mass-market lagers insecurity has led beer like Stella Artois, beer drinkers to consume drinkers look for less, and, more often high-end beers made by than not, imbibe at home. Duvel, including its But throughout this period namesake ale of declining thirst, a well-known and its smaller brands, Maredsous Belgian brewer has bucked the trend. and Vedett. Duvel Moortgat, Belgium’s fourth-largest “People tend to drink stronger ales brewery group, has not only managed with higher alcohol content,” says Hans to keep its sales and profits in the black, D’Haese, an analyst at Bank Degroof, an it has actually flourished. Over the past independent private and investment bank three years the company’s stock price in Brussels. “So they’ll drink one or two has more than doubled, even as the stronger beers, rather than five Belgian economy lagers.” Duvel beer, which careened into a analysts estimate double-dip accounts for nearly recession. half the firm’s annual >
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sales, is a strong blonde ale with an 8.5 percent alcohol content. The company’s success is remarkable given the landscape in its home country. While Europe remains the world’s second-largest beer producer behind only China, per capita consumption has fallen sharply. At the same time, from 2006 to 2010, the number of breweries in Belgium fell 9 percent, to 122, according to a report by the consulting firm Euromonitor International. The remaining Belgian brewers have instead been forced to turn overseas: exports rose 7 percent over the same period. Duvel – founded in 1871 by the Moortgat family in Steenhuffel, in the heart of Flanders – has been among the most successful at this transition. It has built up its stash of beer brands over the past decade by carefully picking and choosing small breweries that lack the scale to export, and turning them into profitable entities. One of Duvel’s recent buys, De Koninck of Antwerp, was seen by the industry as particularly savvy because it married the company’s marketing and distribution muscle with a struggling brewery that produced high quality beer. At the time of the purchase, in 2010, Duvel’s Chief Executive Michel Moortgat made clear he would market De Koninck both at home and overseas. The gambit OVER THE PAST has paid off: more than a third of the 19 percent sales gain at Duvel in its latest THREE YEARS fiscal year was due to De Koninck. Duvel revenues have increased 61 ‘THE COMPANY’S percent to €162.5 million since 2008, STOCK PRICE HAS thanks to growth in overseas sales. In its 2011 fiscal year alone, sales in the US, MORE THAN DOUBLED the Netherlands, France and the UK jumped by 23 percent. Analysts attribute across the board, and the place drew top such gains to the company’s ability to chefs to host dinners with beer pairings. leverage its made-in-Belgium name. In all, Duvel stock has had such a good run ‘ Duvel now exports to some 40 countries. that some analysts worry the price – at In the US, where competition from a just under €80 a share in early May – has growing number of microbrews is stiff, peaked. But even those sceptics seem Duvel has done well with specialty beers upbeat about the outlook, thanks to the at the brewery it bought in 2003 in company’s sterling track record. “The Cooperstown, NY, Brewery Ommegang. question is, how big will growth be going It recently offered “Seduction”, billed as a forward?” says Kris Kippers, an equity full-bodied ale mixing the flavors of analyst at Petercam, an independent Belgian chocolate and tart cherries, and financial group in Brussels. “If they keep “Gnomegang”, a golden ale with hints of focused on their long-term strategy, I clove. Last year, sales at the brewery rose don’t see any hurdles at all.” For our salespoints visit www.casacollection.net 34 togethermag.eu PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Qu’importe la conjoncture, FRANCOIS HOLLANDE IS THE FIRST SOCIALIST PRESIDENT IN FRANCE votre épargne prospère en toute sécurité FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES avec AFER Europe !
nets * Taux de % rémunération 2011 ampaign platforms are for 3,43 stepping into government, not for taking on the political nets *Moyenne sur les Cjourney. This old adage * from American politics, though 3,97% 5 dernières années somewhat cynical, perfectly describes the voter’s experiences in most democracies. Candidates swear they will honour campaign pledges to the Vous aspirez à une épargne simple, last letter, and then once in power souple et mieux rémunérée, en toute reality gets in the way. sécurité ? This is one reason why analysts, Rejoignez les épargnants gagnants d’AFER commentators and investors have Europe et comme eux, regardez croître votre remained reasonably calm since the capital avec force et vigueur, sans prendre election of François Hollande to the aucun risque. Nos résultats le prouvent : presidency of France. During the en 20 ans, une épargne déposée chez AFER campaign, having apparently mastered Europe a plus que triplé. Intéressé ? the art of ambiguity in drafting his election manifesto, his policies were meant to sound like a leftish alternative to those of Nicolas Sarkozy. Contactez-nous gratuitement et sans engagement au Hollande appeared to be promising to take the retirement age back down to 60 0800 13 143 after Sarkozy had raised it to 62; he would raise taxes on companies, impose a top tax rate of 75 percent and renegotiate the EU’s fiscal compact treaty adopted in March, designed to require EU member states (except the UK and the Czech Republic) to practise strict budgetary discipline. Hollande said that + French the treaty needed to be tilted decisively in Les épargnants gagnants the direction of fostering economic growth rather incarnating the priority of Av. Lloyd George 6 - 1000 Bruxelles economic austerity. Tél: 02.627.47.00 - Fax : 02.627.47.17 www.lesepargnantsgagnants.be reality [email protected] WIGGLE In reality, Hollande’s campaign promises were designed to allow him what might check be called “wiggle room”. For example, he may have given some people the Having never held political office, the new impression that there was to be a French president is on a steep learning curve, universal cut in the retirement age. However, the small print in his manifesto >
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SOLAR PANEL USERS ntil the end of last year, solar investment,” the magazine states. ARE LIKELY TO BE IN panels – otherwise known as By getting rid of the tax deductions it THE MONEY OVER THE LONGER TERM PV or photovoltaic panels – will now take consumers longer to recoup Uwere subsidised in several their investment – about seven to 12 ways: 40 percent of the investment could years, whereas before they could have be written off for tax purposes; owners had their money back in five to eight. But could sell the excess energy they if the technology keeps improving, the produced (so-called green certificates); price per kilowatt could drop further still, and they were allowed to run their meaning that PV panels could in fact turn electricity meters out to be a canny backwards. The tax SOLAR investment. deductions enjoyed by anyone investing PANELS ARE TRAPS TO AVOID in a solar panel in As always there are Belgium are now a ‘STILL A traps to avoid. Experts thing of the past, frown upon the leasing while the value of PROFITABLE deals offered by green certificates is INVESTMENT certain companies in being progressively Wallonia in particular. reduced by the country’s different Rather than be tied to a company which governments. reaps the benefits of the green certificates, why not‘ take out a loan and STILL WORTH IT take control yourself? Choose the installer Given the less generous regime, the with care: there are many cowboys out consumer magazine Test-Achats still there who have no experience of PV. And considers solar panels worth the don’t be tempted to try it yourself: PV expense. panels work on dangerous direct current, “If we base our calculations on an rather than alternating current. If you average installation with a capacity for 5 touch a wire running direct current, your kilowatts that faces southeast or hand will clasp around it and you won’t southwest – you still benefit – for a price be able to let go. of €3,000 per kilowatt – from a return of That said, provided the government 4.5 percent to 5 percent over 20 years,” continues to allow them to keep running the magazine says. That is better than electricity meters backwards, solar panel leaving money in Belgian government users are likely to be in the money over
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countryTake a break for some fresh air and exercise and pack a weekend case with a selection of these clothes and accessories chosen by our fashion team
PHOTOGRAPHER Gregor Collienne
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MODELS Caroline, Ludivine and Thomas IMM International Model Management, Brussels FROM LEFT: LUDIVINE WEARS DRESS BY HOSS, LEATHER JACKET BY ISABELLE BAJART, RING BY LOCATION POMELLATO, SHOES BY CAMPER; THOMAS WEARS JACKET BY GANT BY MICHAEL BASTIAN; Domein Oude TROUSERS BY DIESEL; SHOES BY FLORIS VAN BOMM; CAROLINE WEARS JACKET BY PAULE KA, Gracht, Kapellen DRESS BY MONSIEUR BULL, WATCH BY GUCCI, courtesy of Scapa BOOTS BY SUPERDRY
44 togethermag.eu togethermag.eu 45 THOMAS WEARS JACKET BY BELLEROSE, SCARF BY ROECKL, WATCH BY ICE WATCH, JEANS BY CAROLINE WEARS DRESS BY DUTCHESS, DIESEL, HORSE BRIDLE BY HERMES BRACELET BY CATHS, SHOES BY NIEZKO
46 togethermag.eu togethermag.eu 47 LUDIVINE WEARS BLOUSE AND SKIRT BY HERMES, WATCH BY GUCCI. THOMAS WEARS SWEATER AND TROUSERS SADDLE IN BACKGROUND BY HERMES BY HERMES, WATCH BY RAIDILLON
48 togethermag.eu togethermag.eu 49 FROM LEFT: LUDIVINE WEARS CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES BY SCAPA; THOMAS WEARS CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES BY SCAPA; CAROLINE WEARS LUDIVINE WEARS DRESS BY MAISON NATAN, CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES BY SCAPA BRACELETS AND RING BY BOGH-ART SPORTS; PICNIC BLANKET BY SCAPA HOME
50 togethermag.eu togethermag.eu 51 !"#$%#&&'()#$*+,$+-.+/-0/+0.12/3-4-56-16/-0/44-7813 Sporty The boss of Scapa Sports talks to Pat Griffiths about mixing business CEO and pleasure >
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'9:;<=>?4(;<@A=;4B;9:;< t the relatively late age of 24, its own good. Michael Redding had to make “Maybe our marketing was too a choice: play professional effective,” says Redding. “The good thing Apolo or follow family footsteps when that happens is that you have into the retail clothing industry. He chose amazing turnover and everyone is the business route, yet managed to wearing it, but the bad thing is that after a integrate polo with it, helping revive a while people stop wearing it so the brand flagging public interest in the game along loses its cachet.” the way. A dip after the boom years is now in The family clothing brand Scapa was reversal; Scapa Sports customers are already well established in the Belgian growing older, today in the 25-40 year market. Redding quickly decided to age range, so the company is attempting eschew the more traditional classic look to attract a younger clientele. marketed by his parents, founding Scapa “We are going for a niche market Sports to cater for the casual sportswear among younger people,” says Redding, trend that took hold in the 90s. citing the junior membership of golf clubs “One of the reasons for starting Scapa and hockey clubs as an example of the Sports was to attract young people to our intended target. shops,” says Redding, adding: “I had the A former first division field hockey great advantage that the name Scapa player himself in his teens, Redding was was already available.” But the rest he encouraged to try polo during a holiday in had to do himself, starting out in 1999 Uruguay. At the age of 19, never having with a tent on the parking lot of the Scapa ridden a horse before, he was hooked. showroom in Antwerp. He subsequently trained in Argentina, “It was always my ambition to join the where the breeding and training of polo company, and with polo I knew I was only ponies is a big industry, and the game ever going to be a four or five goaler has been a fixture in his life ever since. because I had come to the sport late.” “For three years I (Polo players carry handicaps expressed played nothing but in goals, going up to ten for the best in polo. In the the world; the team handicap is worked beginning I fell off I MAKE out by adding the individual rankings of quite a lot, but THE DECISIONS, the four players on the team.) having played Polo figures large in his company’s hockey I could hit BUT‘ I ALWAYS promotions, with Scapa sponsoring and the ball quite organising a major tournament every easily,” says LIKE TO year, the next one planned for June 23 Redding, who LISTEN and 24 at the former Olympic polo regularly competes MICHAEL REDDING Oost and his father Brian Redding, a PASSION grounds at Kapellen, near Antwerp. against the world’s TO PEOPLE British engineer, started by selling Ever passionate about polo and with Scapa Sports also organises a polo top players. knitwear made by women in the Orkneys 30 horses stabled at his home near tournament every Whitsun on the beach working from home, later setting up a Antwerp – some young, some retired, in front of the casino at Knokke. TROPHY factory there. “Because of the name, some at the peak of their game – The Scapa International Polo Trophy is ‘ people always thought it was a Scottish Redding says he tries to ride out as LISTEN AND LEARN now the top fixture of the year in the brand,” explains Michael Redding, who much as possible, a minimum three times Redding, now 38, says he spent his first Benelux and Germany, attracting up to 14 drew inspiration for the Scapa Sports a week. He has a break in winter when 18 months working at Scapa assiduously teams; Redding always fields a team and logo from the national flag of Scotland. the horses rest from the end of listening to everyone in the company from often wins it. The tournament is played on His mother started Scapa Home at September to the beginning of March. designers to shop assistants before the same field where matches were held around the same time as he started the The horses - they’re referred to as ponies deciding to start Scapa Sports. “I make during the 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games, sports division. in polo but are actually horses - as well as the decisions, but I always like to listen to when polo was still an Olympic sport. With shops and franchises across the grooms employed to look after them people, get their feedback and approval.” Originally known as Scapa of Scotland, Europe and in Japan, the combined all come from Argentina, Redding’s He first suggested using the sports handle the company took its name from the businesses turn over approximately €45 favourite steed a 15 year old called for a new venture started by his parents Scapa Flow, one of Britain’s most historic million a year; Redding owns Scapa Arquidia. The horses are backed but when he was 13, but it was never used. stretches of water located in the Orkney Sports outright, as well as 50 percent of often young when they arrive, Redding Between 2005 and 2007 Scapa Islands off the coast of Scotland. Scapa with his mother, still active in the explains, so he never knows if they will Sports became almost too popular for Redding’s Belgian mother Arlette Van business, holding the other half. prove to be top horses. >
54 togethermag.eu togethermag.eu 55 “The best age is between eight and 11, but most of our best horses only play for two months a year,” he says. “Those playing at a lower level, or with fewer horses, play their horses six months a year. But the more care you take and the less they play, the better their chances of having a long career.” Every player on a team needs at least three horses to play a full game. Most have more – up to six mounts or more. REDDING’S HORSES AND Games are divided into six sections THEIR GROOMS COME called chukkas, or chukkers, each lasting FROM ARGENTINA seven-and-a-half minutes. One horse will play in one or maximum two chukkas. in the semi-finals. The players have a few minutes to “Last year we beat THE FAMILY change horses during the breaks a big team who were between chukkas. the favourites and HAS FORGED “We take care of them as if they were they had a ten-goal player – there are STRONG LINKS babies, and they are the most important ‘ part of the sport. A good player can make only seven in the WITH a difference, but the horse makes up 70 world,” Redding percent of a player’s worth.” enthuses. “They have ARGENTINA Polo players need guts and they have the big budgets but to be fearless. It is a fast moving game, with a well balanced team you can still and potentially dangerous. A full-size polo surprise the big shots.” pitch is bigger than three football pitches It is not uncommon for top players to ‘ and the polo ponies gallop short travel with their horses to different distances as fast as racehorses running countries, flying them backwards and at full pelt. forwards from England to the US, but “It is very important to ride very good Redding draws the line at travelling with horses, it gives you much more them to once or twice a year to Spain. confidence,” says Redding. “You really “The horses stay at the French-Spanish need to become one with the horse. If border close to Bordeaux.” you ride a horse you can’t control, you Most of the time he is stick-and-balling, put yourself in danger and you are a the polo term for personal practice, and danger to other people and that is not the playing practice games with friends, often idea of the sport.” followed by a barbeque Argentine-style, known as asado. The family has forged WINNER strong links with Argentina over the years. When he plays high goal games Redding “We enjoy the practice games and the brings in the professionals. “I am the only asados just as much,” says Redding. “My NEW COLLECTION amateur on my team,” he says. “I can only mother still goes to Argentina every year in LOAFERS mount myself and one other person, so I the high season to watch the Argentine Goodyear Welted leather soles need to have two other players who have Polo Open Championship at the end of Brown Patina 229€ - Dark Brown Suede & Black Box Calf 209€ their own horses,” he explains. November. It is really an amazing Apart from the Scapa Polo Trophy, experience.” Redding regrets that he’s the other big event in Redding’s polo only been able to make it twice in the past calendar is the high goal Gold Cup ten years – running a business as well as a played in August in Sotogrande, Spain. It polo team takes its toll. And a new passion BRUSSELS - Rue de Namur 97 (next to Porte de Namur) has recently entered his life – Redding’s is the most prestigious polo event in (Place Stephanie Entrance) Europe after the big English trophy partner Anse recently gave birth to a IXELLES - Louise Gallery 126 games, the Gold Cup and Queen’s Cup. daughter, Emma, so now he’s a father. WATERLOO - Passage Wellington 37 His team won the Spanish event once, “It changes your life. I’m very proud.” and once got the silver, but lost last year www.scapapolotrophy.com Photographs: page 53 © Snoopy Productions, pages 55, 56 © Colette Kotula 02 502 69 59 - [email protected] - www.benson-shoes.be 56 togethermag.eu B is for BUDGET Before starting out, remember to determine a budget and (try to) stick to it. This will help define your options and avoid being spoiled for choice. If Engaging someone mentions the two months salary rule as a price guide, bear in mind that it is a remnant of a Sixties marketing stunt. Do not let anyone fool you into believing that a diamond ring is always a sparklers sound investment, and while size does matter, bigger isn’t always better. 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WWW.JN-JOY.EU by the book Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson’s latest book reviewed by David Haworth
here may be several schools of thought about the Virgin empire’s founder, but two Tstand out: those who see him as a one man miracle testament to the power of positive thinking, and those who really wish he would calm down. Not much doubt about which team would win, because Sir Richard Branson is hugely unavoidable. As he puts it: “We now have brand loyalists who fly with us, work out with us, use our mobile phone and broadband services, take our trains, drink our wines, watch our films and can now even bank with us.” Some 50,000 people work for him; he does not see them as costs to be managed. Instead they are 50,000 “brand ambassadors”. When such people are seen as a CEO’s first priority, customers and shareholders also come out as winners. In this latest volume (published by Virgin Books, naturally) subtitled Secrets They Won’t Teach You at Business School, Branson does not caution against business >
togethermag.eu 65 diversity. Indeed, he goes on, there are is to “have fun”. He very few businesses with which a writes: “I don’t think BRANSON IS connection cannot be made and learned I’ll stop till I drop. Why from. And these connections strengthen would I? I’m having A DAMNABLY Virgin as a whole, allowing the author and too much fun.” ‘CONSISTENT his well picked colleagues to make new Which one of the connections. seven dwarfs would CHAP WHICH IS If you are able to peer through the you be? Branson author’s relentless hyperbole, there are poses the question WHY HE WON’T one or two failures and a few second and answers it in the GO INTO thoughts; one piece of enduring advice foreword: “Is there (provided by Mum) is never to look back one called Horny? POLITICS with regret but quickly get on to the next No? OK then I thing. He once owned a knitting company, suppose I’d opt for Happy!” for instance, called Black Sheep which The emphasis on fun – for instance in ‘ was run by an aunt of his, but Virgin his record business he would only sign “didn’t stick with it” and Aunt Clare’s with bands which were “fun” – can get a business career came to an end. I wonder bit wearing, though to say so would risk if she was “let go”, or just dumped? the author’s disapproval of “negativity”, “Entrepreneurs have to make tough one of his bugbears. calls. Does this require a ruthless streak? I don’t think I’m ruthless (although a few HARD WORK people who have never met me have Flouting his father’s wish that he become portrayed me that way!)” writes Branson. a lawyer, Branson left school at 16, Surely one of the “secrets” of business setting up a magazine and later creating school teaching is that something the Virgin record stores, to be followed by forensic about failure, even a small event his myriad other businesses. It was not all like the aunt’s, can be just as educational quite fun all the way: debt, a run-in with as booming about commercial success HM Customs, the Christmas tree – but that isn’t the author’s style. It is business that shed its needles. He has always Richard, by the way, never Dick, the grace to admit that his eye-watering which is a little odd for someone for career is “a very personal one; my whom chumminess is an act of faith. strategy will not work for everyone.” Most recently his private Necker Island in the HAVING FUN British Virgin Islands was burned to the Alas, Branson does not reveal the worst ground. But our hero survived and so did advice he received in his long career but his beloved mother who – nice touch this he gets round that by saying advice must – was rescued from that disaster by a film be sought from several people when it star, one Kate Winslet. comes to decision time, therefore “no one Branson is a damnably consistent chap piece of advice is ever truly bad”. And he which is why he won’t go into politics has loads of it. (another frequently asked question) and This latest work is one of a series of one suspects the fun quotient wouldn’t “How To” or “How Not To” volumes, be high enough. bestsellers indeed, branded with titles Above all, what comes through his such as Business Stripped Bare, Screw home-spun exhortations and great Business as Usual, and Screw It, Let’s Do common sense is an old fashioned work It. His autobiography was titled Losing My ethic. He has it in abundance and his Virginity. Much of the text is in Q&A form, “brand ambassadors” must be up to his replies to some of the most frequent speed as well. He believably claims to questions he’s asked by the curious, the expect it and inspire it. For this quality one ambitious and, of course, his customers can’t help but like the man; in the end from all over: stay on target; be realistic that’s his “secret” – extremely hard work. about costs; hire people you need, not Like A Virgin: Secrets They Won’t Teach You at the ones you like; and know when to step Business School by Sir Richard Branson; down as CEO. His injunction throughout published in paperback by Virgin Books on June 7
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port wine lodges and home to some LEFT: A VIEW OF THE RIBEIRA DISTRICT IN household names such as Taylor’s, PORTO Sandemans, Grahams and Cockburns. RIGHT: THE BAR AT THE TIARA PARK Visitors can tour the lodges and indulge in ATLANTIC PORTO a tasting session afterwards. The city HOTEL has a blossoming nightlife, a lively creative scene and a wealth of adventurous restaurants. The Experience cobblestone streets are swarming with young locals on their way to one of the city’s many hip bars. Piano B is a popular destination for rockers and bohemians for its upstairs art gallery and cafe, with the Portugal basement home to indie rock, DJs and Portugal is a popular destination for tourists, performance art. tourists, the country’s two largest cities, customers can party until dawn to a choice The picturesque Ribeira district on the but Lauren Omahen discovers there is more Lisbon and Porto, have much to offer in of jazz, reggae, electronica and fado. quayside, declared a Unesco World to the country than golf and sandy beaches terms of culture and history. The city’s historical sights include the Heritage site, features tiled churches and Torre de Belém (Tower of St Vincent) winding medieval streets. In the last two nown for its diverse LISBON fortress, a limestone monument to decades, Porto experienced an urban landscape, Portugal offers a The Portuguese know their capital as the Portugal’s Age of Discovery when renaissance, which includes an efficient variety of scenery ranging city of seven hills, and legend has it that Europeans were preoccupied with metro system. The Museum of Kfrom the green mountains in Lisbon was built on seven hills. Studded exploring the world. A short walk away is Contemporary Art and the Casa da the north, to the dryer region of central with mosaic pavements, it is a vibrant city the Hieronymites monastery, built in 1501 Musica have transformed the city into the Portugal and the fabulous golden sand packed with gothic cathedrals and and funded by the treasure from go-to spot for art enthusiasts, music beaches of the southern coast. The museums. A real treat awaits those expeditions to Africa, Asia and South lovers and architecture buffs alike. country’s mild climate and a significant adventurous enough to explore the city’s America. Other fantastic attractions investment in its golfing infrastructure in meandering backstreets, narrow roads include the nearby Pena National Palace, WHERE TO STAY recent years have contributed to the shaded by towering trees and lined with one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal, Suitable for both tourists and the country’s reputation as a haven for golfers. lively terraced cafes. Strolling amid the and the the huge Discoveries monument ABOVE: TOWER OF business traveller, the contemporary BELEM, LISBON No less than 14 of Portugal’s courses are bright colors are fadista, singers of a sailing ship built on the estuary of the luxury hotels Tiara Park Atlantic Lisboa BELOW: A BEDROOM regularly rated among the top 100 courses performing Portugal’s traditional Tagus River with sculptures of important IN THE TIARA PARK and Tiara Park Atlantic Porto attract good ATLANTIC LISBOA in Europe. A popular destination for melancholic fado, a music genre that can historical figures. Visitors can go inside reviews on top travel websites and rank be traced back to the early 19th century. and climb to the top of the monument for high in customer ratings. Friendly and In other parts of town, visitors may join spectacular views. Off the beaten track efficient service in particular are singled the locals enjoying the warmth of 1930s- and not to be missed is the unparalleled out by guests and I found both hotels style cafes overlooking the sea that once beauty of Convento dos Capuchos, a merited their five-star rank. Both offer welcomed home the famous explorer one-time monastery that housed a luxurious accommodation in a home- Vasco de Gama. The country has a long reclusive religious order of monks. from-home atmosphere and are history of discovering and rediscovering conveniently located, with the Porto hotel lands across the world, but centuries-old PORTO in the Avenida Boavista business district Lisbon remains young at heart. To the north, Porto is a mixture of styles and the Lisbon hotel just a few minutes In the hilltop neighbourhood of Bairro from medieval alleyways and Baroque from the airport in the centre of the city. Alto, the upper district, the streets are churches to 20th century town houses.
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togethermag.eu 71 LIFE OF LEISURE Champagne house A grand town house in Reims owned and renovated by the champagne house Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin has recently re-opened; Delphine Stefens was given a taste of French-style hospitality
idow Clicquot, more LIBRARY commonly known by the French title Veuve WClicquot, inherited her husband’s wine business when widowed at 27 and ran it for 40 years. The brand and company still bear the name of the Grand Dame of Champagne. Born Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, Madame Clicquot bought a plot of land in the Rue du Marc in Reims in 1822 and later gave it away to Edouard Werlé, the employee she chose to succeed her. The construction of the neoclassical Hôtel du Marc was started on the site by Werlé in 1840 and completed in 1846 EVERY JAGUAR CAN DO when he and his family moved in and began welcoming guests who had an THINGS MACHINES CAN’T. interest in the Yellow Label from all over the world. In 1907 the company Veuve Jaguar XF. Not manufactured but created. Powerful, agile, and FROM Clicquot Ponsardin acquired this instinctive in everything it does. Eightspeed electronic automatic transmission with Jaguar Sequential Shift™ provides velvetsmooth € 43.200 incl. VAT majestic house and has been honoring control: gear changes completed in just 200 milliseconds. Beautiful !"#$%&'(&)*&+,%-%./012%3)45/%678 its tradition of hospitality for selected bifunction HID Xenon headlamps illuminate the road with power and guests ever since. intelligence. And every day the leather interior continues to surprise and delight. It will make you feel different; it will make you feel alive. Feel it. Be moved. And ask yourself: “How alive are you?” WWI MEMORIES True to its motto: “only one quality, the finest” VCP embarked on a four year renovation of the treasured property in 2007. In addition to applying renewable energy sources to this ancient building, HOW ALIVE ARE YOU? one of the objectives was to treat the facade to prevent further deterioration from wear and tear, while preserving memories of the First World War in Reims by not camouflaging any of the 9:.%;<=22%>?/%@ABC%=.D%E<>?/ damage caused by shrapnel. With the F)(3$")G,)*&5%3)H"$G&*3")%IJ,5+3&)%K"L&5%M,4$,,%"H%=D%?&$4N%B22.OC%PPP/Q&+#&$/R,/%E3(,%S$3"$3*L%*"%T&H,*L/%?"',5%TN"P)%P3*N%"S*3")&5%,U#3SG,)*/ interior, the aim was to preserve the heritage of the building and add a
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studio. “Art should be PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST vital, like in the days of the cavemen drawing on walls.” Not that Moerman has any qualms about the commercialisation of his work. Aside from the ING project, he’s collaborated with French automaker Peugeot to produce decorated cars and has designed chic, special edition handbags for Longchamp. “Wherever it goes, art is still something very personal for me. It is something I have to do full-time,” he says. “These days there are artists who don’t even do their own work, they have it done by a team on a production line, just to keep the galleries happy.” Born in Brussels in 1967, Moerman quit school at 17 and launched himself in the art world with no formal training, inspired by Jackson Pollock, Alberto Giacometti and the Art Brut movement. These days, he works on big multicoloured scrawls like the tarp at ING and on precise black ink “tattoos” which he spreads over photos of Moss, Marilyn Monroe and other paragons of modern- day beauty, politicians from Obama to THE MOERMAN PAINTING DRAPED OVER Gaddafi, or nudes by old masters like THE ING BANK HEAD OFFICE IN BRUSSELS Rubens or Cranach. “When I see photos of models I want hands on the real ING head office, to make them more carnal, more real, draping the facade on Avenue Marnix in a the tattoo does that,” he says. “With 2,200 square metre tarpaulin to create politicians like Obama or Sarkozy, I one of Belgium’s biggest art works. tattoo their faces to turn them into Skin-and-ink With the catchy title of “Multifunctional tribal leaders.” Belgian artist he naked buttocks of Kate polydirectional hybrids” it’s a swirling His black-ink designs are now Moss, the Brussels mass of abstract colours. For ladies being applied on an architectural level Jean-Luc Moerman draws headquarters of ING bank and who fancy a piece of it, ING is slicing to cover a new sports centre in the on skin, but as Paul Ames a white polyester statue of the painting into 1,400 handbags at the Dutch city of Tilburg. Others may T decorate the maillots of a Tour de explains, his form of tattoo art Christ have all provided a surface for the end of June to be handed out to is a painless procedure art of Jean-Luc Moerman. competition winners. France team this summer. Moerman To be accurate, Moerman’s tattoo-like “It doesn’t bother me that they’re going has also progressed to doing real ink designs have covered several glossy to cut it up, it’s a way of recycling. People tattoos, and says clients have included photographic reproductions of Ms Moss shouldn’t get too religious about at least two Belgian politicians – he in the buff rather than decorating the contemporary art, treating works like declines to name them. So far, however, downy curves of her actual derriere. they’re the Mona Lisa or something,” says neither Kate nor Barack have dropped Moerman was however able to get his Moerman, kicking back in his Saint Gilles by to get some ink done.
78 togethermag.eu togethermag.eu 79 LIFE OF LEISURE Where The Pretty Things are The Brussels Rhythm and Blues Club has been pulling in punters with powerful acts since 2002, writes Emma Portier Davis
his year the Brussels R&B Club has already hosted 1960s legend The Pretty Things. TPerforming acoustically as a trio, the band (originally dubbed “the ugly cousins of The Rolling Stones”) had the club rocking until the early hours
demonstrating genuine musical THE P RETTY TH talent and a skilled stagecraft PERFORMI INGS AN NG LIVE A honed over many years on the ACOUSTIC TRIO S road. On June 9, Roberto and His Rockers – stalwarts of the Brussels scene – will give their SMALL LIVE rendition of 1960s classics from Eddie Cochran to Elvis Presley. GIGS WITH TAYLOR OF The Brussels R&B Club was set DICK THINGS THE PRETTY up by three British music lovers ‘ATMOSPHERE who wanted to recreate the ambience of a Chicago blues club. One and 10cc, together with Mel Collins on of them, Jonathan Todd, says he thinks sax, who’s played with the Stones, Dire ‘ the club is successful simply because Straits, King Crimson and many others. there are still people around who like The club went through a heart-breaking small live gigs with atmosphere. time when Thong, lead singer of the “We make just enough money to pay original house band The Witness, anchor the musicians,” says Todd. “But we’re of many concerts at the club, died not interested in making money – it’s suddenly. His band, renamed Jive, still an enjoyable hobby. That means we plays every month. can invite bands that we like rather The Pretty Things, most famous to than bands that are going to attract the a wider audience for hits like Don’t Bring most people.” me Down, but even more memorable The club and its concerts are hosted at to rhythm and blues buffs for a string Le Sounds, a bar in a Brussels of albums since those formative days, backstreet reminiscent of a 1920s return to the Brussels R&B Club on prohibition bar, and barely noticeable to November 17.
passers-by. Recent gigs include Tony www.brbc.be O’Malley, who used to play with Kokomo Le Sounds, Rue de la Tulipe 28, B-1050 Brussels
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Castel Beau Site Domaine des Remparts warm service, andel’s Lodz cool store Invited to try out Bowery Restaurant, editor Patricia Kelly discovered quality cooking and unusual wine at reasonable prices, with the possibility of a shopping excursion under the same roof Château de la Pomarède Grand Hôtel Loreamar Château de la Pomarède Grand Hôtel Loremar he lady who sat diagonally opposite me at lunch is a proper food critic, capable of Tspotting a tough steak and sniffing out an underdone sole at 50 paces. I tested her culinary prowess by asking her about the impressive cheese platter I chose to round off my meal: “It seems to me that the toast is perhaps a little dry inside,” she commented with little more than a glance across the table at the lightly toasted delicate rounds of bread that had been laid before me, Château de Villiers-Mahieu Tamarina Hotel Le Pradey while expertly sniffing the glass of wine she was twirling. Food critics by nature will find Château de Villiers-le-Mahieu Tamarina Hotel Le Pradey something to criticise, but I couldn’t find anything remotely unflattering to say More than 150 luxury hotels around the world. about the food prepared by chef Hotels & Preference guarantees above all the best quality of services. Benjamin Laborie at Bowery, the Its 4 and 5-star Spa, Golf, Grande Cuisine or Design hotels are a true invitation to restaurant attached to the Smets HOTELS & a life-changing journey. Premium Store in Brussels. Originally PREFERENCE from Paris, Laborie trained in the south-west of France. Each dish that leaves his kitchen is superbly laid out and
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and several of us chose to start with a THE giant gamba wrapped MENU in potato: these two ingredients rate among C‘HANGES my favourites, and although they don’t EVERY TWO automatically spring to MONTHS mind as combination foods, the pairing was TO REFLECT a success. There is a lot of fish going on in THE SEASONS Laborie’s menus, and I noticed several of my companions opting choice of dishes at for a fillet of trout which they were €22 for two courses ‘ enthusiastic about, although the food or €27 for three. INSIDE T HE SMET S critic had something to say about the Open for lunch PREMIUM STORE peas that came with it. Monday-Friday and At the time, I was listening to wine dinner Wednesday-Friday, both steward Philippe Gilbert, responsible for restaurant and the attached wine bar are 40 years of event gastronomy ! front of house, wax lyrical about a Pinot ideal places to either start or end a Gris from New Zealand, which was tranquil tour of the Smets store itself, a indeed delicious and, not being haven of high-end designer clothes for adventurous in this department, not a both men and women, shoes, bags, wine I would normally have chosen. He jewellery and furniture, the likes of which followed up with an organic Anjou, a light are difficult to find elsewhere in Brussels, red with a hint of fizz about it, an ideal complete with a Cosmeticary counter accompaniment to fish. offering a satisfying range of up-market Gilbert’s specialty is recommending beauty products. Located just off the unconventional wines and diners are in Place Meiser, the store has its own for a treat if they ask his opinion about underground parking and – dare it be what to drink with whatever they’re said – a rare fleet of unobtrusive, polite Phone : 02 633 37 75 eating, although a more traditional choice and helpful sales staff. Email : [email protected] is also available. The menu changes every two months to reflect the seasons, 9, Route de Genval 1380 Ohain Bowery Restaurant, Smets Premium Store and there is also a lunch formula, Chaussee de Louvain 650-652, 1030 BRUSSELS changed each week, with an alternative T. 02 325 12 90 www.grimod.com 84 togethermag.eu
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RARE FIND An uncommon opportunity to view and buy furniture by the visual artist Christian Astuguevieille; these pieces are among 200 one-off designs, limited editions and prototypes on display June 14-18 at the Pierre Bergé showroom, Place du Grand Sablon, Brussels, to be auctioned June 19. © Serge Anton © Serge
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LIFE OF LEISURE Charity flyers
A Belgian entrepreneur talks DISCOVER GOLF! to Ewelina Kawczynska about flying planes into war Did you always dream of hitting a ball zones for charity
but never dared to take the step? hese days he flies for pleasure, but twenty years ago, Leon This is the right moment to take action! Didden risked his life flying food Tand medical supplies on a voluntary basis to stricken countries in Golf de Pierpont, located south of Brussels, Africa including Chad, Sudan, Mozambique, Somalia and Ethiopia. After invites you to subscribe to an Open Day ten years of flying into some of the world’s most dangerous places, Didden was grounded by a nasty bout of malaria - including 1h30 of golf initiation - which put him into a coma for five months. Yet the illness didn’t put a stop to his enthusiasm for a little known charity Every Sunday until November | More info on our website | Reservation obliged (EUR 5) Aviation sans Frontières (Aviation without Borders), providing voluntary air transport for NGOs and charities taking medicine, food and clothes to the victims of conflict, and transporting people from dangerous regions to safe places. The seeds of ASF were sown in the late 1960s by a group of French pilots flying mercy missions to Biafra with humanitarian assistance, and evacuating malnourished children, shortly before the G renowned French charity Medicins sans O T Frontières (Doctors without Borders) was L N set up by a group of French doctors and F PO journalists. DPR Didden, the retired proprietor of a E PIE LEON DIDDEN AND ONE well-known carpet business in Brussels, +(/,03$0' ,(32105 ; (4104#,..(34 OF THE ASF-BELGIUM now run by his daughter Nathalie, was CESSNAS; THIS ONE IS instrumental in setting up the Belgian > !(. ;/$,.,0)12,(32105%( Photograph: © Ewelina Kawczynska DUE TO FLY TO CHAD ,5(8882,(32105%( togethermag.eu 89 LIFE OF LEISURE
EXCITED CHILDREN IN DR CONGO GREET AN ASF-BELGIUM PLANE FLOWN BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER DELIVERING MEDICAL KIT
wing of ASF, and was its president for says Leon Didden. “There were more ten years. pilots than there are today, a lot of things “We fly where others don’t fly,” he says. have changed.” “It is the most beautiful and fantastic With ASF providing air transport for experience you can have, but you have to organisations such as MSF, Caritas and be a ‘bush pilot’, the man who can do the United Nations, the organisation’s everything,” he adds. planes and fuel are funded by voluntary Pilots on these missions need to be donations from individuals as well as stress-resistant, larger sponsors unafraid to fly in such as the Rotary dangerous LEON DIDDEN Club, the European conditions and RISKED HIS Commission, and need to think the UN. With sister outside the box, ‘ LIFE FLYING organisations in according to France, the UK, the Didden. FOOD AND Netherlands, Spain Unfortunately, he MEDICAL and Germany, says, there are ASF-Belgium nowadays not SUPPLIES currently boasts many pilots willing 20 active pilots to volunteer to fly to conflict regions for qualified to fly the rugged single engined free. He says they either simply don’t six-seater Cessna utility aircraft most have the time or are not mentally strong suited to their missions.‘ enough. Help out with a donation or by offering time or
“Twenty years ago it was different,” expertise; www.asfbelgium.org Photograph: © Ernesto Cobian/ASF-Belgium
90 togethermag.eu LIFE OF LEISURE What’s on BELGIUM Where to go and what to do – here’s a selection of upcoming events avenue du Lac 87 1332 Genval s Belgium tél. 02 655 73 73 ANTWERP [email protected] CIRQUE DU SOLEIL OMMEGANG 13.06-22.07.12 MEDIEVAL PAGEANT Now playing in Amsterdam, 03.07.12 and 05.07.12 Corteo (Italian for procession) More than 1400 costumed comes to Belgium in June. performers re-enact Ommegang, the A dramatic mix of circus arts historic procession of Emperor and street entertainment, this Charles V as he entered Brussels in is a festive parade imagined 1549. A fabulous show with horses, by a clown, transporting the jugglers, stilt walkers and the famous audience to a theatrical world of fun, comedy and spontaneity Gilles dancers from Binche. The situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth. procession starts at the church in the Sportpaleis, Antwerp; tickets from ¤40-¤104.50; www.cirquedusoleil.com Place du Grand Sablon and finishes with the show at the Grand Place. OSTEND RIVERDANCE 24.07-05.08.12 Anyone may watch the procession, but entry to the Grand Place needs a A celebration of Irish music and dance. Theatrical show ticket. Free entry over three days to a featuring traditional Irish stepdancing known for its rapid leg medieval village set up in the Sablon movements while body and arms are kept largely stationary. with jousting knights on horseback chaussée de Tervuren 198 Tickets ¤75, ¤59, ¤49; Kursaal, Westhelling, B-8400 Ostend; box and falconry displays. Tickets 1410 Waterloo s Belgium office 070 22 56 00; www.riverdance.com tél. 02 352 18 18 ¤37.50-¤77.50; www.ommegang.be [email protected]
SENSES INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION Until 02.09.12 Explores human and animal senses; discover how some BRUSSELS VISITOR PASS boulevard Charlemagne 80 animals have senses more developed than humans. Find out Free entry to more than 30 museums, 1000 Brussels s Belgium what it is like to be a bat, a bee, a police sniffer dog, a snake or unlimited use of public transport and tél. 02 230 85 55 [email protected] a chimpanzee. A sensory experience for families with children numerous discounts with The from six years on, with a special route for toddlers. Brussels Card. ¤24/24 hrs; ¤34/48 hrs; Entry to the museum ¤7; children ¤4.50; under 6 free; Natural Science ¤40/72 hrs; www.visitbrussels.be
Photographs: Ommegang © Nigel Griffiths; Senses © Koen Broos Museum, 29 Rue Vautier, B-1000 Brussels; www.naturalsciences.be
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njoy a holiday atmosphere and socialize at La ETerrasse de l’Hippodrome sipping cocktails surrounded by tropical plants in the heart of Brussels. Open from midday until midnight until July 20, there’s a full programme of events and concerts with a TRY DJ every Wednesday, Happy Hour on Friday and THE Aperitivo on Saturday. Try BRUNCH the brunch on Sundays ‘ from 11am until 3pm. ON This year, customers can SUNDAYS 24/05 > 20/07 relax with friends and family and watch tennis from Roland Garros and the Euro 2012 football matches – the football final on July 1 will be broadcast live from a ‘ www. la-terrasse.be giant screen. Lunch or dinner is available every day at the Vittel REJOIGNEZ-NOUS SUR restaurant – to book a table simply email [email protected] or call 02 354 72 00 for a reservation. For every drink bought at one of the evening concerts, a donation will be made to ROMEO, an association set up to support autistic children.
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AMSTERDAM ART EXHIBITION Until 15.09.12 Amsterdam’s Jewish Historical Museum (JHM) Art Gallery displays three major works by Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985), often considered one of the most inspiring Jewish artists of the 20th century. Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1, 1011 PL Amsterdam, Netherlands; www.jhm.nl LONDON BUCKINGHAM PALACE 30.06-07.10.12 This year The Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee and to celebrate the palace is displaying a spectacular array of diamonds worn by The Queen and other monarchs over the past 200 years. JNNPCJMJ¼SFBDUJWF Adults ¤21.24; children to age 17 (free under 5) ¤12.09; www.royalcollection.org.uk
PARIS CANCAN Eat, drink champagne, be merry and watch showgirls and French Cancan , dancers strut their stuff on the Moulin Rouge’s historic stage in Montmartre, possibly the most famous cabaret show in the world. Many international stars and celebrities have performed here from Edith Piaf, Liza Minnelli and Frank Sinatra to Elton John. It is a full house every night and LUXEMBOURG tickets sell out months in advance, so best to book in advance. BALLOON FESTIVAL 82 Boulevard de Clich, 75018 Paris, France; www.moulinrouge.fr 11.07-14.07.12 The city of Echternach hosts the BERLIN WALK THE WALL annual LuxGSM World Balloon Visit Checkpoint Charlie, the famous east-west border Trophy 2012 at the Echternach Lake. control during the Cold War and now a tourist centre. The Between 30 and 40 of the world’s top Wall was mostly demolished between June and November hot air balloon pilots are expected to 1990 although a restored stretch remains. Graffiti has been compete for the trophy. Entry for the removed from the northern section of the Wall, but the one-mile stretch known as the East Side is dedicated to art SOUTH OF BRUSSELS public is free and plenty of entertainment is being laid on for an and preserves the paintings made on the eastern side XXXWBOEFSTNJTTFOJNNPCF expected 25,000 visitors. Find out when the Wall was brought down. Save on sightseeing more about hot air balloon events in costs in Berlin with a Berlin Pass, valid for 12 months. 5¹M Europe and around the world at www.mauermuseum.de; www.eastsidegallery.com; www.balloonevents.org. www.wbt.lu www.berlinpass.com Photograph: The Girls of Great Britain tiara © RoyalMoulin Collection; Rouge © Moulin Rouge; Hot Air Balloons © JC Weber
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6ANDERSMISSENIMMO TOGETHERINDD LIFE OF LEISURE IT’S TOUGH AT THE TOP
RENAULT TWIZY. 100% ELECTRIC.
LE CHAT by Philippe Geluck The new Renault Twizy : fully electric, compact and fun. Available in two versions: 45 km/h (for drivers aged 16 and over) and 80 km/h. Simply plug into the wall to recharge. Contact your Renault dealer for a test drive. Renault Twizy prices start from just € 6.990*.
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